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Explosion hits Nigeria World Cup TV viewing venue
Posted by quail man on 6/17/14 at 6:06 pm00
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sad news.
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An explosion has hit northern Nigeria's Yobe state at a venue televising a World Cup football match, residents and security officials say.
The blast hit Damaturu town at about 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT), reports said.
There were reports of casualties being brought into hospitals, but it is not clear if there were any deaths.
Yobe is one of three areas under a state of emergency amid attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants.
"There was an explosion outside a soccer viewing centre here in Damaturu at around 20:15," Sanusi Ruf'ai, police commissioner for Yobe state, told AFP news agency.
"Our men have deployed to the scene but it's too early for us to give details."
Trucks carrying bodies have arrived at a local hospital, Reuters news agency reported, citing a source at the hospital.
'Football un-Islamic'
Open-air viewing centres - where people pay to watch live football - are popular throughout Nigeria.
However, the Nigerian authorities have warned residents in some states to avoid public screenings of the World Cup, fearing militant attacks.
On Thursday, the north-eastern state of Adamawa ordered all venues planning to show live coverage of the football tournament to close, saying they had received intelligence of planned bomb attacks.
The states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have been under a state of emergency since May 2013. At least 2,000 people have died in the north-east since Boko Haram launched an insurgency in 2009.
Analysts say Islamist militant groups, including Boko Haram, have described football as un-Islamic.
sad news.
re: Explosion hits Nigeria World Cup TV viewing venuePosted by BunkieWrench on 6/17/14 at 6:38 pm to quail man
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There were reports of casualties being brought into hospitals, but it is not clear if there were any deaths.
That's confusing....
re: Explosion hits Nigeria World Cup TV viewing venuePosted by TN Bhoy on 6/17/14 at 6:39 pm to BunkieWrench
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That's confusing....
Casualties can also just mean injured.
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re: Explosion hits Nigeria World Cup TV viewing venuePosted by au21tigers on 6/17/14 at 9:50 pm to quail man
Sad
re: Explosion hits Nigeria World Cup TV viewing venuePosted by StraightCashHomey21 on 6/18/14 at 2:23 am to engvol
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Qatar going to be fun
re: Explosion hits Nigeria World Cup TV viewing venuePosted by StraightCashHomey21 on 6/18/14 at 2:24 am to forksup
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I don't think the "Say no to racism" campaign has made its way to Qatar yet...
Or Russia
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